Baird Appoints Thomas Fetzer as Head of DACH Investment Banking

Newly Created Role to Accelerate Firm’s Growth in the Region

LONDON, 3 September 2015 – Baird, an employee-owned, international financial services firm, today announced that it has expanded its European Investment Banking group with the appointment of Thomas Fetzer as Managing Director and Head of DACH Investment Banking in Frankfurt. In the newly created role, Fetzer will help accelerate Baird’s growing market share in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, leveraging the firm’s global investment banking platform of deep industry expertise, product knowledge and financial sponsor coverage on behalf of its clients in the region.

Fetzer was most recently European Head of Industrials Investment Banking at Jefferies International in Frankfurt where he was responsible for the firm’s regional investment banking activities across a broad range of Industrial sectors. Prior to Jefferies, he spent four years as a Managing Director in the Global Industrials Group at UBS Investment Bank in London and six years as Principal at Greenhill & Co. where he was a founding member of the firm’s Frankfurt office. Fetzer earned a BA in European Business Administration from the European School of Business, Reutlingen (D) and London and an MBA from Harvard Business School in Boston.

“Thomas is a tremendous addition to our global investment banking team and we are very pleased that he’s decided to continue his career at Baird,” said David Silver, Head of European Investment Banking. “His extensive industry and M&A expertise complements and enhances Baird’s offering, and his successful track record advising clients in the DACH region makes him extremely well suited for this new leadership role.

“We think there is great opportunity for Baird to accelerate its growing market share in the DACH region, and with Thomas’ unique knowledge and skill set, we’re confident of our ability achieve that goal.”

Baird’s Global Investment Banking business had a record 2014:

Completed 222 global advisory and financing transactions, including 79 M&A deals and a record $6 billion in buy-side M&A

Achieved record global revenues – up nearly 25% from the previous year

About Baird Baird is an employee-owned, international wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm with offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Established in 1919, Baird has more than 3,100 associates serving the needs of individual, corporate, institutional and municipal clients. Baird has $152 billion in client assets. Committed to being a great place to work, Baird ranked No. 5 on FORTUNE’s 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2015 – its 12th consecutive year on the list. Baird’s principal operating subsidiaries are Robert W. Baird & Co. in the United States and Robert W. Baird Group Ltd. in Europe. Baird also has an operating subsidiary in Asia supporting Baird’s investment banking and private equity operations. Robert W. Baird Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. For more information, please visit Baird’s Web site at www.bairdeurope.com.